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pease and beans frequently suffer from their ra- 

 vages. Nearly 200 species will be found in the 

 different European cabinets. For an account of 

 the genera belonging to Bruchus, the Entomologist 

 is referred to the elaborate work of Schonherr, now 

 in the course of publication. 



Linnean Species. 



Sp. 1. Pisi. — Still a Bruchus. I am inclined to 

 think that this insect was imported into England, 

 and that originally it inhabited the New World, 

 and not the Old. It has at any rate become natu- 

 ralized, and causes great destruction to the crops 

 of beans and pease. 



Sp. 7. Pectinicornis. — Still a Bruchus. It is men- 

 tioned by Linneus as inhabiting Barbary and China. 

 I have repeatedly taken it alive in England, as 

 well as various other species, which are brought 

 to this country in seeds. 



Chrculio, Linneus. 



This is one of the most numerous and most im- 

 portant groups belonging to the Coleoptera. It is 

 supposed that the species already contained in the 

 different European collections amount to more than 

 four thousand, and this number is evidently far 

 short of what may yet be expected to occur. For 

 ample information respecting families belonging 

 thereto, the reader is referred to the genera and 

 species Curculionidum, by C. H. Schonherr, cer- 

 tainly the most valuable entomological work of 



